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LOYALTY 


BY 


EDWIN    H.  BURGESS 

AUTHOR  OF   "AT  THE  PLACE  WHICH  IS  CALLED  CALVARY  " 


O 


NEW  YORK 
ANSON   D.  F.  J^ANDOLPH  &  COMPANY 

182    FIFTH    AVENUE 


PUBLIC   ARCHIVES 

NOVA  SCOTIA 


Presented  by: 


Professor  Fred  Landon, 


London,  Ont. 


1939. 


-'^ 


/ 


LOYALTY 


BY 

/Im^    EDWIN  H.  BURGESS         .'^^**''r    ^^ 

AUTHOR  OF  «•  AT  THE  PLACE  WHICH  IS  CALLED  CALVARY  " 


NEW  YORK 
AN  ON  D.  F.  RANDOLPH  &  COMPANY 


Copyright,  1892,  by 

ANSON  D.  F.   RANDOLPH  &  COMPANY, 
(INCORPORATED). 


PRESS  OF 

EDWARD  O,  JENKINS'  SON, 

NEW  YORK. 


3  IDebirate 

THIS  VOLUME  TO  THE  DEAREST  OF  ALL  WOMEN, 

MY  AGED   MOTHER, 

AND  TO  MY  SIX-YEAR-OLD  NEPHEW, 

CHARLIE, 

THE  DEAREST  UTTLE  SCAMP  IN  THE  WHOLE  WORLD, 

H/i/A  /Ae  hope  that  the  former^  though  in  her  seventy-fifth  year, 

may  long  be  spared  to  us,  and  that  the  latter  may  grow 

up  just  what  his  Uncle  Ned  would  wish  him  to  be,  a 

true  man,  intensely  loyal  to  God  and  his  country. 


LOYALTY. 


I* 

**  If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem,  let  my  right  hand  for- 
get her  cunning.  If  I  do  not  remember  thee,  let 
my  tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  my  mouth ;  if  I 
prefer  not  Jerusalem  above  my  chief  joy." — Psalm 
cxzxvii.  5,  6. 

Loyalty  is  to  be  admired  and  commended 
wherever  it  is  to  be  found.  One  can  respect 
an  enemy  who  is  true  to  his  own  cause  and 
country,  while  he  has  only  contempt  for  the 
traitor  who  delivers  that  enemy  into  his  hands. 
Every  intelligent,  fair-minded  Briton  must  re- 
spect the  memory  of  George  Washington ;  while 
the  name  of  Benedict  Arnold  is  associated  with 
the  arch-traitor,  Judas  Iscariot. 

The  gentlemen  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  have  risked  their  lives  for  their  coun- 
try;   therefore   I   honor  them.      If  any  one 

♦  Preached  before  the  Moses  Dennis  Post,  No.  583, 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  on  Memorial 
Sunday,  May  25,  1890. 


Loyalty. 


should  impugn  their  loyalty,  they  could  point 
him,  in  reply,  to  their  record  during  the  civil 
war.  And  so  far  as  this  evidence  goes,  it  is 
strong  and  unquestionable.  The  nation,  as  a 
whole,  has  taken  this  as  decisive ;  everywhere 
the  old  veterans  have  been  regarded  as  the 
saviors  of  their  country  ;  and  any  one  who 
would  dare  question  their  devotion  might  be 
looked  upon  as  being  incapable  of  appreciating 
their  gallant  services.  But,  for  my  own  part, 
while  I  fully  appreciate  such  services,  before  I 
am  willing  to  pronounce  a  man  loyal  in  the  full- 
est sense  of  that  word,  I  want  even  further  evi- 
dence than  that  he  has  risked  his  life  on  the  bat- 
tle-field. Therefore  I  am  not  going  to  throw  any 
one  back  this  morning  upon  his  old  army  rec- 
ord, and  send  him  away  thinking  that  because  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ago  he  fought,  and  per- 
haps bled,  for  his  country,  he  has  done  all  that 
is  required  of  him  as  a  loyal  ritizen  of  this 
great  republic.  But,  God  helping  me,  I  want 
to  show  what  each  one  owes  his  country  now. 

The  normal  state  of  society  is  peace,  not 
war.    A  country's  claims  to  a  man's  devotion 


Loyalty.  3 

lie  in  the  fact,  not  that  he  is  one  of  its  soldiers, 
but  one  of  its  citizens.  Therefore,  if  his  life  is 
not  such  as  tends  to  elevate  society,  to  make 
that  country  better,  not  all  the  gallant  exploits 
in  the  field,  not  all  the  hardships  he  has  en- 
dured, nor  the  victories  he  has  won,  can  enti- 
tle him  to  be  recognized  as  one  who  is  truly 
loyal  to  its  best  interests. 

I  notice,  therefore,  in  the  first  place,  that  be- 
fore one  can  claim  to  be  loyal,  he  must,  to  the 
extent  of  his  ability,  serve  his  country  faith- 
fully in  public  life.  I  do  not  mean  that  every 
man  is  to  enter  the  arena  of  politics.  But 
where  the  power  is  in  the  hands  of  the  people, 
where  the  ballot-box  rules  the  sceptre,  every 
man  should  use  that  power,  so  far  as  it  is  in- 
trusted to  him,  for  the  welfare  of  the  State. 

One  of  the  great  curses  that  follow  in  the 
wake  of  representative  government  is  an  ex- 
treme partisan  spirit.  In  other  words,  with 
many,  devotion  to  party  ordinarily  takes  the 
place  of  devotion  to  country.  That  this  is  the 
case  in  America  cannot  be  denied.  Some 
years  ago  two  men  ran  for  the  Presidency  of 


'  «k 


Loyalty. 


these  United  States.  The  result  of  the  elec- 
tion was  disputed.  Commissioners  of  high 
standing  were  appointed  to  arrange  a  settle- 
ment. How  did  they  do  it  ?  Did  they  cast 
aside  party  spirit  and  strive  to  maintain  the 
honor  and  dignity  of  the  country  by  giving  an 
honest  decision?  No.  It  was  decided  by  a 
pure  party  vote.  Recently  Montana  was  ad- 
mitted as  a  State.  There  was  trouble  regard- 
ing the  election  of  her  Senators.  The  two  par- 
ties in  the  House  separated  and  elected  differ- 
ent sets.  The  rival  Senators  went  to  Washing- 
ton with  their  credentials.  Which  ones  were 
to  be  admitted  by  the  Senate — the  Republi- 
cans or  the  Democrats?  When  the  vote  was 
taken,  it  was  found  that  all  the  Republican 
Senators  had  voted  for  the  Republican  men, 
and  the  Democrats  for  their  men  ;  a  pure  party 
vote.  Is  not  such  conduct  disgraceful  for  Sen- 
ators of  such  a  great  nation  as  this?  One 
would  think,  indeed,  that  they  would  have 
sufficient  love  for  right  and  for  country  to  rise 
above  party  and  selfish  interests  and  treat  the 
question  on  its  merits. 


Loyalty, 


5 


This  same  spirit  also  manifests  itself  in  inter- 
national affairs.  Shortly  before  the  last  Presi- 
dential election  a  fishery  treaty  was  negotiated 
between  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States  of 
America  by  commissioners  appointed  for  that 
purpose.  An  honest  attempt  was  evidently 
made  by  both  countries  to  settle  the  question 
fairly.  How  was  the  matter  treated  when  it  came 
up  in  the  Senate  for  ratification  ?  On  its  merits? 
No.  There  was  indeed  a  pretence,  in  order  to 
throw  dust  in  the  eyes  of  the  voters ;  but,  in 
reality,  it  was  decided  with  a  view  to  party  in- 
terests. Does  it  not  seem  a  burlesque  on  rep- 
resentative government  that  on  such  questions 
as  these  that  come  up  during  the  session  the 
Republicans  should  all  think  one  way  and  the 
Democrats  the  other  ? 

These  are  but  instances  of  the  general  line 
of  conduct  pursued  by  both  parties.  Do  you 
call  this  patriotism  or  partyism?  No  wonder 
that  John  G.  Holland  prays — 

"  God,  give  up  men !    A  time  like  this  demands 
Strong  minas,  great  hearts,  true  faith,  and  ready 
hands. 


Loyalty, 


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M. 


Men  whom  the  lust  of  office  does  not  kill ; 
Men  whom  the  spoils  of  office  cannot  buy ; 
Men  who  possess  opinions  and  a  will ; 
Men  who  have  honor,  men  who  will  not  lie ; 
Men  who  can  stand  before  a  demagogue 
And  damn  his  treacherous  flatteries  without  wink- 
ing. 
Tall  men,  sun-crowned,  who  live  above  the  fog 
In  public  duty,  and  in  private  thinking. 
For  while  the  rabble  in  their  thumb-worn  creeds, 
Their  large  professions,  and  their  little  deeds. 
Mingle  in  selfish  strife,  lo !  Freedom  weeps. 
Wrong  rules  the  land,  and  waiting  Justice  sleeps." 

I  tell  you  that  in  this  latter  part  of  the  19th 
century  we  want  more  of  that  old,  sturdy 
spirit  of  loyalty  that  places  country  first, 
country  last,  country  always.  But  such 
base,  partisan  conduct  as  I  have  mentioned 
will  ever  characterize  those  who  represent  the 
people,  when  the  people  themselves  carry  this 
spirit  to  the  polls.  I  appeal  to  you,  is  it  not 
true  that,  as  a  rule,  voters  are  more  anxious  to 
elect  candidates  that  belong  to  their  own  party 
than  the  best  men  among  all  the  candidates — 
the  men  who  would  serve  this  country  the 
most  faithfully?  Is  it  not  also  true,  and  it 
is  enough   to  bring  the  blush  to  the  cheek, 


liLJ   «■ 


Loyalty, 


that  men  defend  and  sometimes  even  praise 
the  base  acts  of  their  party,  while  they  con-  . 
demn  the  good  acts  of  their  opponents?  Now, 
who  will  dare  say  that  such  conduct  is  not 
injurious  to  the  best  interests  of  this  coun- 
try? It  lowers  the  tone  of  public  sentiment,  it 
encourages  political  knavery,  and  tends  to 
stifle  true  patriotism. 

What,  then,  is  the  duty  of  every  loyal  citi- 
zen ?    To  set  his  face  like  a  flint  against  such. 
Make  the  different  parties  feel  that  when  they 
do  not  nominate  men  of  high  character,  both 
in  public  and  private  life,   that  they  cannot 
have  your  support.     Make  the  representatives 
themselves  feel  that  the  highest  honor  and  pa- 
triotism is  demanded  of  them  by  the  people  of 
America.    Impress  upon  them  that  they  are 
elected  not  to  further  party  or  personal  inter- 
ests, but  the  interests  of  the  country  at  large ; 
that  good  acts  of  their  opponents  should  have 
their  hearty  support,  while  the  corruption  of 
their  own  party  should  meet  with  their  stern 
disapproval.    Let  each  one  cherish  the  spirit 
of  true  loyalty  that  the  writer  of  this  psalm 


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Loyalty. 


had  when  he  said,  "  If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jerusa- 
lem, let  my  right  hand  forget  her  cunning.  If 
I  do  not  remember  thee,  let  my  tongue  cleave 
to  the  roof  of  my  mouth ;  if  I  prefer  not  Jeru- 
salem above  my  chief  joy." 

But,  further,  there  are  social  questions  of 
great  importance  to  the  country — questions 
which  concern  good  morals,  that  not  only  de- 
mand legislation,  but  also  the  hearty  moral 
support  of  every  loyal  American  citizen.  For, 
if  a  country's  morals  be  undermined,  the  whole 
national  superstructure  is  in  danger  of  destruc- 
tion. Rome,  with  good  morals,  became  the 
mistress  of  the  world ;  Rome,  with  bad  morals, 
went  to  decay.  Vice  honeycombed  the  founda- 
tions of  her  empire,  until  it  fell  with  a  crash 
and  became  a  thing  of  the  past.  That  great 
evils  threaten  American  society  cannot  be  de- 
nied. In  some  States  easy  divorce  robs  the 
marriage  relation  of  its  sanctity.  It  encour- 
ages persons  to  marry  without  considering,  as 
they  should,  whether  they  are  getting  suitable 
companions  or  not,  feeling  that  if  things  do  not 
run  smoothly  in  the  household,  if  they  get  tired 


Loyalty. 


of  each  other,  or  if  some  other  person  comes 
along  that  is  more  attractive,  in  some  way  or 
another  a  divorce  can  be  obtained.    It  also  en- 
courages more  unscrupulous  persons  to  marry, 
with  the  purpose  of  getting  a  divorce  after  a 
while.     I  need  not  stop  to  tell  you  the  demor- 
alizing influence  of  such  a  law  upon  the  com- 
munity at  large.    Anything  that  undermines 
the  sanctity  of  the  marriage  relation,  under- 
mines good  morals.     Anything  that  strikes  at 
the  family,  strikes  at  the  vitals  of  the  State. 
And  so  we  see  how  Christ  spoke  in  the  inter- 
ests of  social  purity,  and  of  mankind  at  large, 
when  He  said :  "  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his 
wife,  except  for  fornication,  and  shall   marry 
another,   committeth   adultery;    and   he  that 
marrieth  her  when  she  is  put  away,  committeth 
adultery."* 

Impure  literature  is  another  evil  that  has 
come  surging  up  against  our  doors.  It  seeks  to 
poison  the  mind,  to  destroy  the  morals,  of  the 
people.  That  it  effects  its  purpose  to  a  certain 
extent  is  beyond  question ;  but  how  far,  God 

*  Matt.  xix.  9. 


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Loyalty, 


only  knows.  Many  of  the  leading  newspapers 
contain  reports  that  are  so  foul  in  their  very 
nature,  that  parents  who  have  the  interests  of 
their  children  at  heart,  cannot  allow  these  to 
come  into  their  hands  without  being  first  sub- 
mitted to  expurgation.  If  some  one  should 
come  into  our  families  and  tell  such  things  as 
are  published  in  these  papers,  we  would  thrust 
him  out  of  the  house  without  a  moment's  hesi- 
tation. Especially  is  this  true  of  a  certain  class 
of  weeklies.  In  this  place,  such  a  paper,  pub- 
lished in  a  neighboring  city,  has  quite  a  patron- 
age. Shame !  shame !  Just  think  of  encour- 
aging the  publication  of  a  paper  that  is  largely 
made  up  of  low,  not  to  say  indecent,  sensa- 
tionalism ! 

Strong  drink  is  another  national  curse.  The 
saloon  element,  splendidly  organized,  is  using 
its  great  power  in  the  interests  of  political  and 
social  corruption.  It  is  fostering  vice ;  it  is 
assailing  our  Sabbath ;  it  is  blighting  our 
homes ;  it  is  breaking  hearts ;  it  is  filling  hell. 

Now,  what  should  be  the  position  of  every 
true  citizen  in  relation  to  these  and  all  other 


'■'t 


Loyalty. 


II 


evils?      That    of    uncompromising    hostility. 
Whenever  he  can  use  his  vote  against  them, 
he  should  do  so,  regardless  of  party  ties  or  any 
personal  consideration  that  may  present  itself. 
At  all  times   his  moral   influence   should  be 
firmly  planted  on  the  side  of  right.      Apart 
from  the  fact  that  he  will  have  to  give  an  ac- 
count to  God  for  the  use  he  makes  of  that  in- 
fluence, he  should  zealously  oppose  all  kinds 
of  vice  through  a  sense  of  loyalty  to  country. 
For  "  righteousness  exalteth  a  nation,  but  sin 
is  a  reproach  to  any  people." 

But  I  also  note  that  before  one  can  claim  to 
be  loyal,  he  must  serve  his  country  faithfully 
in  private  life.     The  moulding  of  a  country's 
morals  is  in  the  hands  of  the  individual.    Each 
one  is  responsible  for  his  own  character.    If  it 
is  good,  the  country's  morals  are  to  that  extent 
exalted  in  tone;   if  it  is  bad,  they  are  corre- 
spondingly  debased.    We  can  see  more  clearly 
the  force  of  this  if  we  would  compare  a  nation 
where  everybody  is  honest  with   one  where 
everybody  is  dishonest ;  a  nation  of  libertines 
to  one  where  everybody  is  pure ;  a  nation  of 


12 


Loyalty. 


drunkards  to  a  nation  of  sober  men.  Now, 
those  who  are  dishonest,  impure,  drunken,  or 
bad  in  any  other  way,  are,  to  the  extent  of 
their  own  individual  Hves,  making  the  country 
just  what  they  themselves  are.  But  that  is  not 
all.  Every  man  has  his  influence.  In  what- 
ever way  he  lives  will  that  influence  be  exerted. 
This  is  a  *nore  serious  thought  still.  For  a  man 
himself  will  die,  but  his  influence  for  good  or 
for  evil  may  go  on  and  augment  while  time 
lasts.  It  is  like  shoeing  the  twenty-five  horses 
at  the  rate  of  one-third  of  a  cent  for  the  first, 
and  for  each  succeeding  one,  three  times  the 
amount  of  the  last ;  the  first  horse,  indeed, 
would  only  cost  one-third  of  a  cent,  the  next 
one  a  cent,  and  the  next  three  cents ;  but  to 
shoe  the  twenty-fifth  horse  would  cost  over 
$941,000,000,  and  to  shoe  the  whole  twenty- 
five,  over  $1,400,000,000.  As  we  look  back  in 
eternity  over  our  record  here,  will  we  not  likely 
find  that  our  influence  extended  in  the  same  way 
— many  apparently  uninfluential  lives  trebling 
themselves  to  enormous  proportions?  The 
rising  generation  is  controlled  very  largely  by 


III 


Loyalty. 


13 


the  way  we  live.  They  in  turn  will  influence 
their  successors.  And  so  on  while  the  world 
lasts.  Now  apply  this  truth  to  the  relations 
which  a  man  sustains  to  his  country,  and  ask 
yourselves  if  one  can  be  truly  loyal  to  that 
country  if  his  life  is  such  as  would  naturally 
exert  a  debasing  influence.  Do  not  tell  me 
that  a  man  has  sufficiently  proved  his  loyalty 
by  risking  his  life  in  battle.  I  want  to  know 
how  he  is  bringing  up  his  children  for  his  coun- 
try ;  I  want  to  know  what  his  influence  is  on 
his  own  and  the  rising  generation. 

The  loyalty  that  every  nation  needs  is  a  per- 
sonal consecration  to  its  best  interests.  It  is 
this  that  these  United  States  of  America  de- 
mand of  you.  Gentlemen  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  you  faced  the  cannon's  mouth 
for  your  country.  Young  men,  you  would  be 
as  ready,  at  duty's  call,  to  do  the  same  to-day. 
Surely,  then,  the  country  that  is  worth  dying 
for  is  worth  living  for.  Cherish,  I  beseech  you, 
as  citizens  of  this  great  republic,  the  purest 
and  best  type  of  patriotism,  a  devotion  which 
it  is  her  right  to  ask  and  your  duty  to  give. 


14 


Loyalty. 


Let  it  swell  up  into  a  manly  passion  as  you 
exclaim  in  the  words  of  the  text :  "  If  I  forget 
thee,  O  Jerusalem,  let  my  right  hand  forget  her 
cunning.  If  I  do  not  remember  thee,  let  my 
tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  my  month ;  if  I 
prefer  not  Jerusalem  above  my  chief  joy." 

And  now,  because  loyalty  to  country  means 
a  consecration  of  self  to  that  country's  best  in- 
terests, I  would  present  for  your  acceptance 
the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ.  "  But  what  has 
the  religion  of  Christ  to  do  with  loyalty?" 
you  ask.  I  reply,  it  opposes  those  things  that 
are  injurious  to  a  country,  and  those  that  are 
beneficial  it  fosters.  Were  all  politicians  true, 
"  out-and-out  for  Christ "  men,  we  would  not 
have  to  lament  political  trickery  and  public 
corruption.  Instead  of  catering  to  the  rabble 
for  party  or  selfish  interests,  they  would  make 
DUTY  their  watchword.  Instead  of  asking. 
What  will  make  our  side  popular  with  the  peo- 
ple and  bring  our  opponents  into  disrepute? 
they  would  ask.  What  is  right  in  the  sight  of 
God  ?  What  is  going  to  help  my  country?  If 
every  American  citizen  were  Christ's  man,  if 


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he  lived  Christ,  we  would  have  no  drunkenness, 
nor  lewdness,  nor  dishonesty,  nor  any  other  of 
the  many  evils  with  which  society  is  cursed ; 
we  would  have  no  saloons,  no  opium-dens,  no 
gambling-hells,  no  places  of  infamy.  We  would 
need   no  policemen,   no   prisons,  perhaps  no 
poorhouses,  and   one  or  two   insane  asylums 
would  do  for  the  whole  Union.      Instead  of 
being  cursed  with  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
dissipated,   worthless    characters,   every    man 
would  be  industrious,  and  would  do  his  share 
in  building  up  national    prosperity.       There 
would  be  no  grinding  down  of  the  poor,  nor  the 
making  of  one  man's  necessity  another's  oppor- 
tunity, for  every  one  would  work  by  the  golden 
rule,  "  Whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should 
do  unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them."     Finan- 
cially and   socially,  and  physically  and  men- 
tally, the  country  would  be  inestimably  bene- 
fited.   Therefore,  I  appeal  to  you  who  claim 
to  be  loyal  to  your  country,  to  seal  that  loyalty 
at  the  foot  of  the  Cross.     If  you  live  close  to 
Christ,  you  will  be  a  better  citizen  for  it.    Sup- 
port, as  you  would  a  national  institution,  the 


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Loyalty. 


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preaching  of  the  Gospel.    A  forcible  recogni- 
tion, indeed,  of  the  value  of  that  Gospel  to  a 
nation  was  that  which  was  made  not  long  since 
by  a  nobleman  of  Japan.    When  his  son,  after- 
ward a  classmate  of  my  own,  became  a  Chris- 
tian, he  was  about  to  kill  him  for  bringing  dis- 
grace upon  the  family.    But  now  while  he  him- 
self  still  holds  on  to  his  aristocratic  Shintoism, 
he  wishes  to  see  the  country  adopt  Christianity 
because  of  the  national  benefits  that  flow  from 
it.     And  it  is  from  this  national  standpoint 
that  I  to-day  appeal  to  you.    Even  if  you  were 
sure  of  getting  to  Heaven,  no  matter  how  you 
live  here,  still,  in  the  interests  of  your  country, 
you  should  foster  the  spirit  of  Christ  in  your 
own  hearts  and  in  the  hearts  of  your  fellow- 
citizens.    Without  referring  to  personal  neces- 
sity, I  urge  you  to  consider  the  national  good. 
My  dear  friends,  the  custom  of  decorating 
the  graves  of  your  departed  heroes,  of  which 
this  service  is  but  a  prelude,  is  a  touching  one. 
May  it  long  be  preserved  for  the  sake  of  the 
country,  and  as  a  tribute  to  those  who  laid 
down  their  lives  on  its  behalf.    But,  not  being 


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Loyalty. 


i; 


an  American  citizen  myself,  and  as  a  nation's 
dead  is  peculiarly  its  own,  it  might  not  be  ex- 
pected that  I  could  join  you  in  many  of  the 
tender,  pathetic  memories  that  this  occasion 
calls  forth.  But  loving  my  own  country  with 
an  intense,  passionate  love,  I  have  only  con- 
tempt for  the  man  who  is  not  loyal  to  his.  Be- 
cause I  love  the  dear  old  Union  Jack,  I  urge 
you,  as  Americans,  to  be  true  to  these  Stars 
and  Stripes.  Being  of  the  same  mighty  race 
from  which  you  have  sprung,  I  hail  you  as 
brothers!  I  would  indeed  that  we  were  all 
brothers  in  Christ ;  that  while  you  sing  your 
"  Star-Spangled  Banner,"  and  I  "  God  Save  the 
Queen,"  we  could  both  unite  with  loyal,  loving 
hearts  in  grand  old  "  Coronation  ": 

"  All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  namel 
Let  angels  prostrate  fall ; 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all." 


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II. 


n  i 


"  Whether  therefore  ye  eat,  or  drink,  or  whatsoever 
ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God."— i  COR.  x.  31. 

The  Apostle  writes  these  immortal  words  in 
his  reply  to  the  inquiry  of  the  Corinthian  Chris- 
tians as  to  the  eating  of  meat  offered  to  idols. 
But  they  admit  of  wider  application.  For  he 
not  only  says,  "  Whether  therefore  ye  eat,  or 
drink,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  God,"  but  he  also 
adds,  "  or  whatsoever  ye  do." 

In  a  few  days  there  is  to  be  an  election  in 
this  State.*  You  will  be  called  upon  to  exer- 
cise one  of  the  chief  privileges  of  citizenship — 
to  deposit  your  ballots  for  the  men  of  your 
choice.  Therefore,  I  wish  to  impress  upon  you 
this  morning  your  obligations  to  God  in  this 
matter. 

In  looking  at  this  question  from  a  patriotic 
and  religious  standpoint,  let  us  consider — 

♦New  York.    This  discourse  was  delivered  Oct. 

26,  1890. 

(18) 


Loyalty, 


19 


Of  whatsoever 
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if 


1st.  Who  should  vote  ? 

2d.  How  one  should  vote. 

I.  Who  should  vote?  In  answering  this 
question,  let  us  pause  a  moment  to  inquire 
who  should  not  be  allowed  that  privilege.  We 
might  sum  up  the  great  body  of  them  very 
briefly : 

1st.  Those  whose  business  is  such  as  tends 
to  injure  the  morals  of  the  country. 

2d.  The  "  submerged  "  class. 

3d.  Those  who  have  been  convicted  of  sell- 
ing or  buying  votes. 

Under  the  first  head,  among  others,  we  would 
necessarily  put  the  liquor-seller.  For  we  can- 
not but  admit  that  strong  drink  is  an  awful 
curse ;  that  it  is  injuring  the  couni  ry,  blighting 
homes,  breaking  hearts,  and  destroying  souls. 
Those,  then,  who  are  in  this  traffic  must  know 
that  just  in  proportion  to  their  success  so  is 
their  country  despoiled.  Far  worse  are  they 
than  an  open  enemy,  who,  making  a  declara- 
tion of  war,  would  come  and  offer  fair  battle. 
For  while  they  beguile  with  words  of  loyalty, 
they  carry  on  their  nefarious  work  against  the 


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20 


Loyalty. 


I 


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State,  undermining  its  morals  and  its  strength. 
Should  these,  then,  have  a  vote  ?  Would  you 
think  of  allowing  a  foreign  enemy  who  fights 
your  country  to  its  face  to  exercise  at  the  same 
time  a  citizen's  franchise  ?  Never.  Then  why 
allow  an  internal  enemy,  a  traitor,  who  is  a 
thousandfold  more  dangerous  ? 

Under  the  second  class  we  would  put,  with 
others,  the  large  number  of  persons  who  are 
controlled  by  the  saloons.  These  vote  which- 
ever way  their  political  masters,  the  saloon- 
keepers, wish  them  to.  They  are  vicious  in 
their  habits,  and  care  no  more  for  the  real  wel- 
fare of  the  country  than  .so  many  brutes. 

After  a  careful  consideration  of  the  matter,  I 
am  firmly  convinced  that  much  of  the  political 
evil  of  this  country  comes  through  a  too  liberal 
franchise.  America  has  been  the  dumping- 
ground  of  Europe  for  years.  While  it  can 
truthfully  be  said  that  many  of  America's  best 
citizens  are  foreign-born,  it  is  equally  true  that 
hundreds  of  thousands  who  have  become 
naturalized  are  decidedly  vicious,  and  are  a 
curse  to  the  country  in  which  they  reside. 


Loyalty. 


21 


1^  '^^s  Strength. 
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Ldd  to  these  the  large  body  of  native-born, 
f^ho  are  equally  bad,  and  I  presume  the  num- 
|)er  will  be  swelled  to  millions.     Is  it  for  the 
Ivelfare  of  the  country  to  place  the  ballot  in 
^uch  hands  ?     To  allow  these  uncaged  criminals 
„  ,to  say  who  will  be  their  judge  and  who  the 
^^Iprosecuting  attorney,  if,  perchance,  they  should 
;be  caught  in  their  villainy  ?    To  so  lower  the 
I  moral  tone  of  the  electorate  that  there  shall  be 
„|  sent  to  the  halls  of  legislation  men  who  them- 
I  selves  are  tainted  with  viciousness  ?     But  does 
the  evil  stop  here  ?     In  order  to  get  the  sup- 
port  of  this  low  element,  even  men  of  high 
standing  in  both  the  great  parties  cater  to  it  at 
k  the  expense  of  the  country  at  large.     Take,  as 
I    a  prominent  example,  the  way  they  treat  Great 
I    Britain  in  order  to  catch  the  Irish  vote :  Great 
Britain,  America's  best   customer,*  a   nation 
that  by  the  adjustment  of  her  tariff  could,  if 
she  willed  it,  bring  this  country  to  her  knees. 

*In  1891  Great  Britain  bought  from  the  United 
States  $208,224,509.00  worth  of  food  products  alone. 
This  was  much  more  than  half  of  the  whole  amount 
exported,  the  value  of  which  was  $361,796,560.00. 


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22 


Loyalty. 


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As  a  rule,  the  American  press  is  also  hostile  to 
this  friendly  neighbor  for  the  same  reason. 
This  in  turn  affects  young  men  of  the  more  re- 
spectable classes,  who  take  their  political  edu- 
cation very  largely  from  the  newspapers.  Thus 
the  hatred  to  Britain  which  we  find  so  strong  in 
these  United  States.  Alas !  that  foreigners  of 
such  a  class  should  be  your  political  school- 
masters.* 

We  might  classify  the  result  under  three 
heads : 

1st.  A  searing  of  the  public  conscience. 

♦  "  A  little  incident  which  occurred  to  myself  in 
Albany  in  1889  is  as  striking  an  illustration  of  this 
hatred  as  one  could  have.  I  happened  to  be  in  Albany 
for  a  day  when  the  State  Legislature  was  in  session. 
A  member  of  the  Senate  moved  that  I  should  be  per- 
mitted to  take  a  seat  on  the  floor  of  the  House,  the 
rules  requiring  such  a  motion.  He  mentioned  the 
official  position  I  occupied  in  Ontario  as  the  reason  of 
this  courtesy.  A  member  immediately  objected  on 
the  ground  of  my  being  a  British  official,  and  threat- 
ened the  wrath  of  their  common  constituents  if  the 
motion  should  be  pressed.  Another  member  spoke 
against  the  motion,  and  is  reported  to  have  said  that 
'  if  even  Queen  Victoria  herself  leaning  on  the  arm  of 
the  Governor-General  of  Canada  should  stand  at  the 
rail  and  beg  for  admittance  to  the  floor '  it  should  be 


Loyalty. 


23 


aiso  hostile  to 
same  reason. 
^  the  more  re- 
political  edu. 
Papers.  Thus 
d  so  strong  in 
foreigners  of 
^ticaJ  school. 

under  t\ittQ 

tience. 

to  myself  fn 
"ion  of  this 
be  in  Albany 
s  '^n  session, 
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^ouse,  the 
itioned  the 
'e  reason  of 
'Ejected  on 
and  threat- 
ens a  the 
t>er  spoke 
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md  at  the 
should  be 


2d.  Corruption. 

3d.  National  slavery  to  a  rabble. 

As  an  instance  of  the  latter,  note  the  fact 
that  neither  party  dares  to  put  forward  as  a 
candidate  for  the  Presidency  one  who  has  ever 
spoken  a  word  against  the  Irish  agitation  ;  while 
we  have  the  deplorable  spectacle  of  the  two 
great  political  parties  inserting  a  plank  in  their 
respective  platforms  in  favor  of  Home  Rule,  and 
of  legislatures  passing  resolutions  of  the  same 
nature — interfering  with  the  internal  affairs  of 
another  country — not  because  they  love  Ire- 
refused.  The  objection  having  been  taken  on  the 
ground  it  was,  not  one  of  the  whole  body  of  Senators, 
except  the  mover,  felt  free  to  say  one  word  in  support 
of  the  motion,  which  was  thereupon  withdrawn.  Thus, 
even  in  the  State  of  New  York,  with  which  Canadians 
have  so  much  intercourse,  animosity  against  our 
nation  is  a  power  amongst  its  voters  which  may  inter- 
fere with  an  act  of  common  courtesy  towards  even  a 
colonial  official." — Extract  from  a  letter  by  the  Hon. 
Oliver  Mowat,  Premier  of  Ontario. 

How  strange  then  that  the  Rt.  Hon.  Wm.  E.  Glad- 
stone should  use  American  opinion  as  an  argument 
for  Home  Rule.  He  might,  with  the  same  consist- 
ency, use  it  in  favor  of  the  annexation  of  Canada  to 
the  United  States,  and,  in  fact,  even  the  breaking  up 
of  the  whole  British  Empire. 


24 


Loyalty. 


I  i 


I       H 


land  or  the  Irish,  but  to  win  votes  ;  apparently 
not  caring  how  such  legislation  might  affect 
that  unfortunate  country. 

America,  to  be  tiue  to  herself,  must  take  the 
ballot  from  those  who  are  not  worthy  of  it. 

But  perhaps  you  say  that  in  this  country  all 
men  are  equal.  All  men  are  not  equal ;  and  a 
legal  declaration  to  that  effect  cannot  make 
them  so.  If  a  person  should  tell  me  that  any 
one  of  the  thousands  of  those  ignorant,  vicious 
scamps  is  equal  to  the  average  member  of  this 
congregation,  I  would  feel  that  he  was  insult- 
ing me.  All  men  are  not  equal.  One  has  the 
making  of  his  character  in  his  own  hands ;  and 
should  he  prove  unfaithful  to  the  trust,  there  is 
a  line,  if  he  goes  beyond  which,  every  honest 
person  has  a  right  to  demand,  and  the  State 
should  declare,  that  that  man  is  not  qualified 
to  say  who  are  fit  to  govern  the  nation. 

All  men  equal !  That  is  an  outrageous  slan- 
der on  decency  and  intelligence. 

The  third  class  are  those  who  have  been  con- 
victed of  buying  or  selling  votes.     It  will  be 


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gan con- 
will  be 


admitted  without  argument  among  all  good 
citizens  that  one  who  thinks  so  little  of  his 
country,  and  who   has  such  a  small  idea  of 
honor,  as  to  sell  his  vote,  is  unworthy  of  a 
citizen's  franchise.     But  the  same  is  true  of 
those  who  are  so  corrupt  as  to  buy.     However, 
as  such  persons   might   afterward   reform,  it 
would  not  be  judicious  to  deprive  them  of  this 
privilege  for  life.     But  they  should  be  deprived 
of  it  for  a  number  of  years,  ranging,  say,  from 
five  to  fifteen,  according  to  the  circumstances 
of  each  individual  case.     I  would  like  to  see  a 
law  passed  in  this  and  other  countries  to  that 

effect. 

Having  mentioned  certain  classes  who  should 
not  be  allowed  to  vote,  let  us  consider  who 
should  exercise  that  right.     It  is  the  duty  of 
every  good  citizen  to  do  so.    The  better  and 
more  intelligent  one  is,  the  more  he  should  feel 
the  obligation  resting  upon  him.     Many  do  not 
appreciate  this  privilege  as  they  should,  cer- 
tainly not  so  much  as  did  their  forefathers. 
These  valued  it  because  they  had  to  fight  for  it 
against  regal  tyranny.    There  was  a  time  when 


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Loyalty. 


S     I 


li: 


the  power  lay  in  the  hands  of  the  king.  But 
the  people  of  Britain  led  the  way  in  asserting 
their  rights,  and  those  of  America  followed  in 
their  footsteps.  These  have  won  for  us,  their 
descendants,  the  right  to  say  who  shall  legislate 
for  us.  Then,  shall  we  treat  as  a  light  thing 
this  blood-bought  privilege  ?  Alas !  too  many 
of  our  best  men  do.  Some  assert  that  it  makes 
no  difference  whether  they  vote  or  not ;  while 
others  tell  us  that  politics  is  so  corrupt  they 
will  have  nothing  to  do  with  it.  Yes,  and  in 
the  meantime  let  the  country  go  headlong  to 
the  Devil !  It  does  make  a  great  difference 
whether  you  vote  or  not.  When  the  bad  ele- 
ment is  marshalled  by  cunning,  unscrupulous 
leaders,  it  becomes  every  good  man  to  stand 
up  bravely  for  his  country  and  his  fireside,  for 
God  and  for  principle. 

It  is  fashionable  to  speak  with  veneration  of 
the  early  Puritan  fathers  who  left  their  English 
homes  to  find  an  asylum  in  the  new  world. 
They  were  indeed  noble  men ;  therefore  they 
deserve  our  respect.  But  I  have  far  more 
honor  for  the  men  who  stayed  at  home,  and 


Loyalty. 


«7 


&•    But 
|asserting 
owed  in 
us,  their 
legislate 
ht  thing 
>o  many 
it  makes 
t;  while 
Lipt  they 
»,  and  in 
ilong  to 
ifference 
^ad  ele- 
upulous 
3  stand 
ide,  for 


standing  shoulder  to  shoulder,  in  council-hall 
and  on  battle-field,  fought  out  the  liberties  of 
the  English  people.  Those  who  left  their 
homes  were  good  men,  but  they  forsook  their 
country  in  the  hour  of  her  peril ;  while  those 
who  stayed  behind  proved  themselves  to  be 
worthy  descendants  of  the  men  who  three  cen- 
turies before  had  forged,  at  the  sword's  point, 
the  glorious  Magna  Charta,  and  worthy  ances- 
tors of  the  Britons  of  the  nineteenth  century 
who  once  more  led  the  van  in  the  cause  of  free- 
dom by  declaring  that  as  soon  as  the  foot  of 
the  slave  touches  any  part  of  their  vast  empire 
he  is  free.  Now,  the  American  people  of  to- 
day have  a  duty  to  perform  to  this  country, 
just  as  much  as  these  Puritans  had  to  theirs. 
Strong  drink  and  other  great  enemies  of 
civilization,  are  working  to  enslave  the  people ; 
and  in  many  quarters  they  have  succeeded  but 
too  well.  The  spirit  of  political  tyranny  is  so 
rampant  that,  when  any  man  who  has  been 
elected  by  the  people  to  look  after  their  in- 
terests, dares  at  the  call  of  duty  to  go  against 
the  will  of  some  party-boss,  he  is  sneered  at  as 


28 


Loyalty. 


I 


1 1 


a  "  sore-head,"  and  as  a  traitor  to  the  party,* 
even  by  papers  who  daily  give  their  patrons  a 
text  of  Scripture  as  a  motto ;  and  at  the  first 
opportunity  the  party  myrmidons  strive  to 
exile  him  to  private  life.  It  therefore  be- 
comes every  true  citizen  to  use  his  vote  against 
this  tyranny;  to  assert  the  principle  which 
that  grand  man,  Abraham  Lincoln,  asserted, 
that  the  government  should  be  "  of  the  people, 
by  the  people,  and  for  the  people." 

But  apart  from  the  obligations  we  are  under 
to  our  country,  we  are  also  under  an  obligation 
to  our  God.  We  talk  of  the  rulers*  responsi- 
bilities. But  are  those  any  the  less  responsible 
who  appoint  their  rulers?  Certainly  not.  If 
corruption  of  any  kind  abounds  in  the  State,  it 
is  their  fault ;  for  God  in  His  providence  has 
intrusted  to  them  the  appointment  of  those 
who  shall  legislate  on  their  behalf.  Should 
any,  then,  refuse  to  depos?     his  ballot  in  the 


*  We  remember  how  that  manly,  independent,  intel- 
ligent Dody  of  men,  who,  in  derision,  were  called  Mug- 
wumps, were  treated.  As  one  who  wishes  America 
well,  I  pray.  Lord,  send  her  more  Mugwumps. 


Loyalty, 


ag 


interest  of  purity  and  of  good  government,  he, 
to  that  extent,  is  unfaithful  to  the  important 
charge  which  has  been  committed  to  his  trust, 
and  for  which  God  will  hold  him  responsible. 

II.  How  should  one  vote?  This  might  be 
answered  very  briefly :  "  To  the  glory  of  God." 
Jehovah  is  the  Creator  and  Ruler  of  the  uni- 
verse. We  owe  Him  our  undivided  allegiance. 
Now,  while  He  might  have  reserved  for  Himself 
the  power  of  filling  the  legislative  halls.  He  has 
honored  the  people  by  granting  them  home 
rule.  They  are  permitted  to  elect  their  own 
legislators.  This  does  not,  however,  justify 
any  in  being  unmindful  of  His  claims  upon  the 
country  and  upon  each  individual  voter.  Be- 
cause He  is  Lord,  because  He  is  all-wise  and 
good,  because  He  has  at  heart  the  true  inter- 
ests of  the  nation  and  of  the  individual,  each 
one  in  depositing  the  ballot  should  be  loyal  to 
Him.  In  voting  to  His  glory,  one  votes  for 
the  welfare  of  the  country. 

Now,  it  is  very  evident  that  if  one  would  do 
this  he  must  not  be  controlled  by  party.  I  say 
nothing  against  the  principle  of  party  politics. 


Il'il 


30 


Loyalty. 


It  is  a  good  thing  in  its  own  place.  Let  our 
politicians  have  their  party.  Let  them  support 
it  when  they  can  conscientiously  do  so.  They 
will  thus  act  as  a  check  on  each  other.  But 
there  should  be  no  partisan  politics  among  the 
people.  Each  voter  should  carefully  examine 
the  platforms  of  the  different  parties,  and  vote 
as  his  conscience  dictates ;  as  he  believes  will 
honor  God  the  most,  and  be  of  the  greatest 
service  to  his  country.  If  we  believe  that  at 
this  election  we  can  serve  our  country  better 
by  voting  a  certain  ticket,  we  should  do  it.  If 
at  the  next  election  we  believe  that  their  op- 
ponents can  do  better,  we  should  vote  for  them. 
We  have  no  right  to  pledge  allegiance  to  any 
party  or  to  bind  ourselves  to  it  by  any  ties. 
For,  consider  how  absurd  it  is  in  one  who  calls 
himself  loyal,  to  stick  to  a  party  through  thick 
and  through  thin,  no  matter  what  changes  take 
place  in  its  policy  or  leadership,  simply  because 
it  is  called  by  a  certain  name,  or  because  it  has 
hitherto  had  his  support.  How  absurd  also  to 
hear  sensible  persons  urge  the  claims  of  a  party 
simply  on  account  of  what  it  accomplished 


Loyalty. 


31 


^'    Let  our 
lem  support 
►  so.    They 
>ther.     But 
among  the 
y  examine 
»  and  vote 
Sieves  yN\\\ 
'  greatest 
'e  that  at 
ry  better 
b  it.     If 

their  op- 
or  them. 

to  any 
ny  ties, 
ho  calJs 
:h  thick 
:es  take 
>ecause 

it  has 
also  to 
party 
h'shed 


many  year.s  ago.  We  have  an  instance  of  this 
in  the  way  the  friends  of  the  Republican  party 
of  to-day  claim  support  for  it,  because  of  its 
action  during  the  civil  war.  But  is  its  conduct 
the  same?  And  are  the  men  the  same?  Are 
they  sure  that  even  Mr.  Lincoln  himself  would 
now  support  it  if  he  were  living? 

We  should  not  rally  around  party  names,  but 
principles.  We  owe  our  allegiance  to  our  God 
and  our  country. 

Yet  is  it  not  a  lamentable  fact  that  there  are 
men  who  will  vote  the  party-ticket  no  matter 
what  its  policy  or  leadership  may  be  ?  If  Satan 
himself  were  to  head  it,  they  would  denounce 
as  party  traitors  those  who  would  not  follow 
him.  Evidently  such  persons  do  not  take  into 
consideration  the  immortal  words  of  the  great 
Apostle  to  the  Gentiles :  "  Whatsoever  ye  do, 
do  all  to  the  glory  of  God.' 

But  if  one  would  vote  for  the  good  of  his 
country  and  "  to  the  glory  of  God,"  he  must 
keep  himself  reasonably  well  informed  on  pub- 
lic matters.  I  do  not  mean  that  one  should 
take  his  information  from  partisan  newspapers. 


32 


Loyalty. 


!!i 


;) 


■ii!  '\ 

ill 


i 


The  majority  of  such,  on  this  side  of  the  water,] 
are  a  scourge  to  the  country.  They  defend] 
their  own  party  through  the  grossest  corrup- 
tion, while  they  severely  denounce  the  good 
acts  of  its  opponents.*     If  we  take  our  informa- 

*  Why  cannot  a  great  country  like  the  United  States, 
with  its  sixty  millions  of  people,  have  a  respectable  and 
reliable  press  ?  The  great  majority  of  its  leading  news- 
papers are,  I  understand,  very  far  from  what  they 
should  be.  Take,  for  instance,  the  five  great  dailies 
of  New  York  with  which  I  am  somewhat  acquainted, 
the  Herald,  the  World,  the  Tribune,  the  Mail  and  Ex- 
press, and  the  Times.  My  own  opinion  of  them  is 
this :  The  Herald  is  sensational,  and  publishes  in- 
decent and  demoralizing  literature.  The  World  is  of 
the  same  class,  and  is  even  more  shameless.  It  pan- 
ders to  degraded  tastes,  and  does  much  in  the  way  of 
undermining  the  morals  of  the  country.  The  Tribune 
is  contemptibly  partisan.  It  might  well  have  as  its 
motto.  After  Party,  the  Country.  Barring  the  "  G.  W. 
S."  letters,  of  which  I  cannot  speak  too  highly,  its 
chief  recommendation  is  bound  up  in  a  sepulchre: 
"  Founded  by  Horace  Greeley."  The  Mail  and 
Express  is  of  the  same  class — basely  partisan ;  while 
in  addition  to  this  it  has  the  peculiar  faculty  of  deal- 
iing  out  at  the  same  time,  Scripture  texts,  ortho- 
doxy, and  racing-tips.  Like  a  Cheap  Jack,  it  has  on 
iiand  all  sorts  of  commodities  ;  and  though  the  editor 
is  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  it  stabs 
Great  Britain  in  order  to  catch  the  Irish  vote.    Of 


Loyalty, 


33 


tion  from  such  sources  we  may  be  sure  it  will 
not  be  worth  much.  We  should  read  papers 
that  are  fairly  independent  in  tone.  We  may 
not  always  agree  with  their  opinions,  but  we  can 
depend  on  their  honesty.  In  this  way  we  can 
form  a  pretty  good  idea  of  the  merits  of  the  dif- 
ferent parties,  and  of  the  great  questions  at  issue. 
Each  voter  should  also  take  pains  to  inform 
himself  of  the  respective  merits  of  the  men 
who  come  up  in  his  own  Congressional  district 
for  election  to  office.  Find  out  if  they  are  men 
of  good  judgment  and  sound  integrity,  who, 
when  the  interests  of  the  country  demand  it, 
will  cast  party  allegiance  to  the  winds,  who  will 
"  do  right  though  the  heavens  fall." 


these  five  papers,  the  Times  (without  the  Sunday 
edition)  is  the  only  one  I  would  care  to  recommend. 
In  morals  it  is  pure  ;  in  politics  it  is  fairly  independent. 
It  has  its  flaws,  however.  It  occasionally  follows  its 
contemporaries  in  catering  somewhat  to  the  Irish  ele- 
ment ;  while  in  religious  matters  it  has  a  tendency  to 
side  with  any  new  departure,  no  matter  whether  it  is 
right  or  not,  and  to  make  the  heretic  a  hero.  It  has 
yet  to  learn  t!-3  fact  that  true  liberalism  is  not  lati- 
tudinarianism,  but  a  sincere  desire  to  find  "  the  truth, 
the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth." 


i 


34 


Loyalty. 


But  not  only  should  every  man  make  such 
inquiry,  but  he  should  also  pray  over  his  vote. 
Do  any  sneer  at  this  ?  I  tell  ycu  that  if  there 
were  more  such  praying,  there  would  be  less 
corruption.  Only  when  the  majority  of  the 
voters,  realizing  that  they  are  under  an  obliga- 
tion to  serve  God  at  the  polls,  look  for  divine 
guidance  in  this  matter,  will  we  have  pure 
politics.  If  the  majority  of  the  voters  of  New 
York  City  had  done  more  praying  in  this  direc- 
tion, if  they  had  seriously  endeavored  to  know 
God's  will  in  the  matter,  and  had  acted  ac- 
cordingly, it  would  have  effected  a  saving  to 
the  municipality  in  money,  in  name,  and  in 
morals. 

Having  thus  come  to  a  conclusion  as  to  the 
way  we  should  vote,  let  us  not  be  turned  aside 
because  some  friend  asks,  as  a  "  special  favor," 
for  our  support,  or  because  of  some  past  favor 
received  from  him.  I  like  to  see  one  help  his 
friends  whenever  he  can  conscientiously  do  so. 
I  detest  one  who  can  be  so  ungrateful  as  soon 
to  forget  a  kindness  that  has  been  done  him. 
But,  at  the  same  time,  let  us  remember  that 


^1 


¥ 


Loyalty. 


35 


nake  such 
his  vote, 
t  if  there 
d  be  less 
y  of  the 
n  oWiga- 
br  divine 
ive  pure 
!  of  New 
[lis  direc- 
to  know 
cted  ac- 
iving  to 
and  in 

i  to  the 
:d  aside 
favor," 
t  favor 
elp  his 
do  so. 
s  soon 
e  him. 
Jr  that 


4 


the  vote  which  we  cast  does  not  in  reality  be- 
long to  us.  It  belongs  to  our  God  and  our 
country ;  and  we  have  been  intrusted  with  it, 
not  to  bestov/  it  as  a  personal  favor,  but  to  use 
it  to  the  best  of  our  judgment. 

Remembering  that  on  the  popular  vote  de- 
pends right  legislation  and  the  just  enforcement 
of  the  country's  laws ;  remembering  that  by  it 
is  decided  whether  we  will  have  in  our  high 
places  purity  or  corruption,  whether  this  nation 
will  be  an  inspiration  to  others  or  a  fit  object 
for  contempt,  permit  me  once  more  to  urge 
you  to  vote  "  to  the  glory  of  God."  For  in 
doing  so  you  stand  up  for  Right ;  and  in  stand- 
ing up  for  Right,  you  cannot  be  false  to  your 
country. 


V 


III. 


t  !: 


\liMb 


"  I  speak  as  to  wise  men  ;  judge  ye  what  I  say."— 
I  Cor.  X.  15. 

In  presenting  some  important  practical 
truths  to  the  Christians  of  Corinth,  Paul  ap- 
peals to  their  reason :  "  I  speak  as  to  wise 
men ;  judge  ye  what  I  say."  To-day,  I  pur- 
pose to  advance  a  few  reasons  why  one  should 
not  sell  strong  drink.  I  do  this,  not  that  I  fear 
any  of  you  now  intend  engaging  in  this  busi- 
ness, but  I  have  before  me  some  young  persons 
who,  years  after  this,  perhaps  in  some  distant 
part  of  the  world,  away  from  home  influences, 
may  be  assailed  by  this  temptation.  Remem- 
bering that  words  which  I  have  heard  from  the 
pulpit  when  quite  young  have  left  their  im- 
pression upon  me,  I  do  not  speak  this  morning 
without  the  prayer  and  the  hope  that  w^  rds 
may  fall  upon  some  young  minds  here,  that 

under  God  may  be  the  means  of  helping  them, 
(36) 


Loyalty. 


37 


should  they  be  thus  assailed,  to  be  true  to  their 
manhood  and  their  Lord.  In  presenting  this 
matter,  I  do  not  appeal  to  your  prejudice,  but 
to  your  judgment—"  I  speak  as  to  wise  men ; 
judge  ye  what  I  say." 

I  give  you  four  reasons  why  one  should  not 
engage  in  the  liquor  business: 
1st.  It  will  injure  himself. 
2d.   It  will  injure  his  family. 
3d.   It  will  injure  other  families. 
4th.   It  will  injure  the  cause  of  God  and  hu- 
manity. 

I.  As  to  himself.  It  will  injure  his  good 
name.  No  one  can  afford  to  have  his  reputa- 
tion sullied.  There  may  indeed  come  a  time 
when  one's  duty  and  reputation  lie  in  opposite 
directions— when,  if  he  be  true  to  his  God,  his 
fair  name  will  be  covered  with  obloquy.  Such 
was  the  case  with  many  of  our  greatest  reform- 
ers. Even  our  Lord  Himself  was  slanderea. 
Now,  while  we  must  be  true  to  principle,  we 
cannot  but  feel,  even  under  such  circumstances, 
the  force  of  Solomon's  words,  "  A  good  name 
is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches."  There 


38 


Loyalty, 


is  an  old  saying  to  the  effect  that  if  a  dog  gets 
a  bad  name,  he  might  as  well  be  shot.  Many 
a  person's  prospects  have  been  injured  because 
some  slanderous  statement  has  been  made; 
and  many  a  one  has  appealed  to  the  courts  to 
have  the  stain  removed.  Even  many  who  do 
not  care  much  for  character  are  anxious  to 
maintain  a  good  reputation.  Bad  though  they 
are,  they  do  not  want  the  world  to  know  it. 
And  so  Shakespeare,  that  great  student  of  hu- 
man nature,  puts  into  the  mouth  of  lago  the 
words : 

"  Good  name,  in  man  or  woman,  dear  my  lord, 

Is  the  immediate  jewel  of  their  souls. 

Who  steals  my  purse,  steals  trash  ;  'tis  something, 
nothing; 

'Twas  mine,  'tis  his,  and  has  been  slave  to  thou- 
sands. 

But  he  that  filches  from  me  my  good  name, 

Robs  me  of  that  which  not  enriches  him, 

And  makes  me  poor  indeed." 

"  A  good  name  is  better  than  precious  oint- 
ment "  (Ecclesiastes  vii.  i). 

Now  let  one  go  into  the  liquor  business,  and 
his  good  name  is  at  once  tarnished,  though  he 
himself  may  not  know  it.     Persons  say,  "  He 


Loyalty. 


39 


og  gets 
Many 
because 
made  ; 
urts  to 
who  do 
ious   to 
h  they 
now  it. 
t  of  hu- 
ago  tJie 

d, 

lething, 
o  thou- 


i  oint- 

i,  and 
:h  he 
"He 


is  a  rum-seller,"  and  there  comes  up  before  you 
one  who,  to  make  money,  deals  out  that  which 
ruins  men,  body  and  soul,  and  brings  poverty, 
disease,  and  crime  into  many  a  household.  He 
may  be  a  sober  man  himself,  he  may  be  of  a 
genial  disposition,  and  in  many  ways  he  may 
couimend  himself  to  others ;  but  nevertheless 
there  remains  a  dark  blot  on  his  reputation 
that  nothing  but  a  complete  change  of  life  can 
wash  away. 

But  not  only  does  a  man  injure  his  reputa- 
tion by  selling  liquor,  but  he  also  injures  his 
character.  When  one  has  to  decide  between 
right  and  wrong,  his  character  is  always  affected 
by  the  decision.  If  he  does  what  is  right,  the 
decision  strengthens  and  ennobles  him ;  if  he 
does  what  is  wrong,  the  tone  of  his  character  is 
thereby  lowered.  And  so  those  who  being  con- 
tinually called  upon  to  make  such  decisions, 
habitually  do  the  right,  develop  into  men  of  no- 
ble principle  and  high  ideal ;  while  the  character 
of  those  who  habitually  do  the  wrong  becomes 
correspondingly  depraved.  You  may  call  this 
force  of  habit ;  but  I  would  prefer  to  say  that 


40 


Loyalty, 


it  is  in  strict  accordance  with  law.  "  Whatso- 
ever a  man  soweth,  that  shall  he  also  reap,"  is 
just  as  true  in  morals  as  in  agriculture.  And 
so  we  can  say  with  the  Bible,  "  Blessed  is  the 
man  that  endureth  temptation." 

Now,  apply  this  principle  to  the  matter  in 
hand.  Before  a  man  can  engage  in  the  liquor 
business,  he  has  to  go  against  the  dictates  of 
his  own  conscience  and  the  Spirit  of  God ;  he 
has  to  decide  in  favor  of  wrong-doing.  But 
does  that  one  decision  settle  the  matter?  Is 
he  never  again  called  upon  to  decide?  Until 
the  man  becomes  hardened  in  his  sin,  as  he 
sees  the  injury  that  he  is  doing  to  others,  the 
better  part  of  his  manhood  will  be  continually 
appealing  to  him,  and  therefore,  while  he  re- 
mains in  the  business,  he  will  be  continually 
deciding  in  favor  of  the  wrong.  And  so  a  tre- 
mendous force,  working  within  the  realm  of 
law,  will  continually  be  at  work  despoiling  his 
better  self. 

Then,  for  these  reasons,  injury  to  reputation 
and  injury  to  character,  or,  to  put  the  both 
into  one,  injury  to  himself,  a  man  should  not 


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engage  in  the  liquor  business.  "  I  speak  as  to 
wise  men ;  judge  ye  what  I  say." 

II.  It  will  injure  the  members  of  his  own 
family.  As  his  reputation  will  suffer,  so  will 
theirs.  They  will  be  shunned  by  many  who 
otherwise  would  have  been  friendly.  Even  lit- 
tle children  will  say  of  his  little  ones,  "  Their 
father  sells  rum."  I  do  not  say  that  this  is 
right.     I  am  simply  stating  the  facts. 

Frequently,  too,  their  characters  suffer  with 
his.  Shunned  perhaps  from  childhood  by 
good  society,  they  are  often  forced  to 
associate  with  those  whose  character  is 
pernicious.  The  fact,  too,  that  the  father 
is  engaged  in  such  a  business,  even  though 
he  himself  may  be  a  sober  man,  tends  to  lower 
in  their  eyes  the  standard  of  morals.  So  far  as 
religious  instruction  goes,  they  do  not  get  any 
from  him.  The  Bible  is  seldom,  if  ever,  seen 
in  their  hands;  he  never  gathers  them  to- 
gether around  the  family  altar;  he  never  di- 
rects their  thoughts  Godward.  These  things 
would  but  turn  his  conscience  on  himself  to 
urge  him  to  give  up  his  soul-destroying  busi- 


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ness ;  and  as  he  does  not  wish  to  do  that  at  pres- 
ent, he  wants  to  keep  as  much  as  possible  that 
conscience  from  troubHng  him.  The  result  of 
all  this  is  that  the  children  generally  grow  up 
in  evil  ways.  The  boys  too  often  develop  into 
"  toughs,"  to  use  an  expressive  slang  word ; 
and  as  for  the  girls,  they  do  not,  as  a  rule,  to 
say  the  least,  grow  up  to  be  useful  and  noble 
women.  That  this  sad  truth  is  generally  rec- 
ognized is  evident  from  the  fact  that  when  any 
of  them  do  rise  above  their  environments,  per- 
sons say  of  them,  "Well,  considering  their 
chances,  they  deserve  great  credit." 

Now,  looking  at  the  question  from  this 
standpoint  alone,  do  you  think  it  pays  to  sell 
liquor?  I  will  put  that  question  in  another  way. 
Suppose  a  person  should  say  to  you,  "  I  will 
give  you  as  much  money  as  one  generally  ac- 
cumulates in  the  liquor  business,  if  you  will 
allow  me  to  sully  the  fair  name  of  your  chil- 
dren, and  to  throw  around  them  the  same 
amount  of  bad  influences  that  would  come 
to  them  if  you  engaged  in  the  business  your- 
self."   What  would  you  think  of  him?    You 


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would  look  upon  that  man  as  a  fiend;  you 
would  consider  him  an  enemy  of  yourself  and 
family;  and  it  would  require  the  grace  of  God 
to  keep  you  from  knocking  him  down  where 
he  stood.    You  would  say  that  one  should  con- 
sider  the  character  of  his  children  of  more  value 
than  anything  this  world   can  give.      Then, 
why  should  one  engage  in  any  business  that 
might  be  the  means  of  ruining  them  for  time 
and  for  eternity?    "I  speak  as  to  wise  men; 
judge  ye  what  I  say." 

But  not  only  does  the  liquor-seller's  family 
suffer  in   reputation   and  character,  but   fre- 
quently they  even  lose  the  money  for  which 
these  things  were  bartered.     Some  men,  I  sup- 
pose,  sell  liquor  in  order  that  they  may  be  able 
to  provide  for  their  children.    But  how  often 
have  we  ourselves  seen  the  old  saying  verified, 
"  Rum  money  seldom  sees  the  third  genera- 
tion."   The  liquor-seller  himself  may  accumu- 
late  it,  but  when  his  family  get  it,  it  soon  goes. 
Not  only  that,  but  often  it  becomes  a  posi- 
tive injury  to  them.    What  is  the  reason  of 
this?    Some  say,  "  Because  there  is  a  curse  at- 


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tached  to  the  money  while  they  have  it."  That 
may  be  so,  but  it  may  also  be  the  result  of  their 
bad  training  and  the  influences  by  which  they 
were  surrounded.  Perhaps  the  two  reasons 
might  be  given  together. 

Looking  at  it,  then,  from  the  family  stand- 
point, do  you  think  it  even  pays  in  dollars  and 
cents  to  sell  liquor  ?  "I  speak  as  to  wise  men ; 
judge  ye  what  I  say." 

III.  It  will  injure  other  families. 

I  confess  myself  unable  to  do  this  part  of  the 
question  anything  like  justice.  There  are  sub- 
jects on  which  one  finds  it  difficult  to  speak, 
because  little  can  be  said,  while  the  difificulty 
with  others  is  that  one  cannot  find  language 
strong  enough  to  express  the  truth.  It  is  with 
this  latter  difficulty  that  we  have  now  to  deal. 
We  say,  "  It  will  injure  other  families,"  but 
God  only  knows  all  that  is  wrapped  up  in  these 
words. 

It  will  injure  other  families.  And  how?  It 
makes  drunkards  of  some  of  their  members. 
You  who  are  parents  yourselves  can  have  some 
little  idea  of  the  sorrow  that  must  be  brought 


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Loyalty. 


45 


to  Ihc  hearts  of  fathers  and  mothers  when  their 
boy  becomes  a  drunkard. 

You  know  how  you  love  your  own  children. 
Your  hearts  have  been  wrapped  up  in  them 
from   their    birth.      The    dear,   happy    little 
rogues,  they  so  stole  your  affections  that  you 
thought  there  never  were  other  children  like 
them.    And,  as  the  years  have  passed  on,  you 
have  thought  with  pleasure  of  the  time  when 
they  would  come  to  maturity,  and  how  their 
characters  would  be  such  as  to  be  a  comfort  to 
you  in  your  declining  years.    You  could  not 
bear  the  thought  that  death  might  come  some 
day  and  snatch  them  away  from  you.    To  lose 
them  would  be  like  tearing  out  the  very  heart- 
strings.   Ah  !  yes  ;  but,  after  all,  you  would  a 
thousand  times  rather  follow   your  son's  re- 
mains to  the  grave  than  have  him  become  a 
drunkard ;  you  would  rather  see  him  die  with 
an  unblemished  name  than  live  to  be  a  sot. 
Then  you  can  have  some  little  idea,  but  still 
only  a  little,  of  the  grief  that  must  come  to 
parents  as    they  see  their  boy  become  such. 
Now,  that  very  thing  is  happening  all  the  time. 


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— gray  hairs  being  brought  down  in  sorrow  to 
the  grave.  Do  you  not  think  that  this  awful 
fact  furnishes  a  sufficient  reason  why  one  should 
not  sell  strong  drink? 

But  this  is  only  looking  at  the  matter  from 
one  standpoint.  Alas !  there  are  other  views 
of  the  subject  that  are  no  less  heartrending. 
Bad  as  it  is  for  a  young  man  to  be  a  drunkard, 
much  worse  is  it  for  one  who  himself  is  head 
of  a  household.  For  in  the  latter  case  instead 
of  only  one  family  being  directly  injured  by  it, 
there  are  three :  his  father's,  his  own,  and  the 
family  into  which  he  has  married. 

A  young  man  wins  the  love  of  a  noble  young 
woman.  She  becomes  his  wife,  trusting  that 
he  will  love,  honor,  and  cherish  her.  He  had 
been  in  the  habit,  perhaps  unknown  to  her,  of 
taking  a  social  glass ;  perhaps  he  had  promised 
to  become  a  total  abstainer.  However,  he  con- 
tinues the  habit,  and  it  grows  upon  him  with 
time.  By  and  by  he  becomes  a  drunkard.  Can 
you  compute  the  injury  that  has  been  done  to 
that  woman?  Can  you  compute  the  injury 
that  has  been  done  to  the  children  ?    A  drunk- 


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ard's  wife !    A  drunkard's  child !    What  do  we 
see  behind  these  words  ?    I  see  the  rum  fiend 
destroying  the  man's  finer  feelings,  and  with  it 
the  love  for  wife  and  children,  which  was  dearer 
to  them  than  life  itself.     I  see  her  patiently 
waiting  and  pleading.     Promises  are  made  and 
broken.    With  inexpressible  agony  she  sees  the 
work  going  on  before  her  eyes  that  is  despoil- 
ing her  home  and  her  husband,  transforming 
him  from  a  tender,  loving  companion  into  a 
coarse,  drunken  sot.     Hope  becomes  weaker 
and  weaker,  until  it  altogether  becomes  extinct. 
She  now  dreads  even  his  coming  home.    As 
his  step  is  heard  on  the  threshold  a  tremor 
passes  over  her ;  while  the  little  ones  try  to 
hide  themselves,  for  they  are  afraid  of  their 
own  father.    And  I  hear  one  say  to  the  other, 
"  Oh,  I  wish  papa  was  only  what  he  used  to  be. 
Then  he  was  so  kind  to  mamma  and  to  us,  and 
we  were  all  so  happy."    But  I  follow  the  drunk- 
ard  into  his  home,  and  what  do  I  find?    The 
blushes  have  fled  from  the  happy  bride  of  a 
few  years  ago  ;  for  she  is  heartbroken.    I  look 
around  the  room ;  and  it  is  bare,  and  cold,  and 


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cheerless.  There  are  no  presents  there  that 
have  been  recently  received  from  a  loving  hus- 
band. Neither  do  I  see  the  ones  that  used  to 
be  there,  which  she  had  received  from  him  in 
the  happy  days ;  for  he  has  pawned  them  for 
drink.  Shortly  before  his  dear  old  mother  died 
she  gave  them  a  family  Bible.  Between  the 
Old  and  New  Testaments  they  registered  their 
children ;  and  on  the  next  page  were  the  names 
of  those  little  ones  whose  bodies  are  in  the 
churchyard,  but  whose  souls  are  in  Heaven. 
They  came  but  for  a  moment,  and  then  they 
flew  away  to  the  arms  of  Jesus.  Oh,  you  would 
think,  would  you  not,  that  that  Bible  would  be 
very  precious  to  them  ?  But  where  is  it  ?  He 
has  pawned  it  for  drink. 

But  why  should  I  harrow  your  feelings  any 
further?  Why  repeat  the  curses?  Why  tell 
of  the  indecencies  and  brutality  to  which  she  is 
subject  ?  It  is  an  old  story.  There  are  thou- 
sands of  such  cases ;  and  until  strong  drink  is 
banished  from  the  country  there  will  be  thou- 
sands in  the  years  to  come.  Perhaps  some 
moderate  drinker  in  this  audience,  or  some 


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young  man  who  not  long  since  quaffed  his  first 
glass  of  wine,  and  who  is  saying,  "  Is  thy  ser- 
vant a  dog  that  he  should  do  this  thing?  "  may 
become  such  a  brute.  Perhaps  your  own 
daughter  or  sister  may  be  one  of  the  victims. 
God  have  mercy  on  us  when  fathers  and  bro- 
thers are  so  indifferent  to  this  awful  curse. 

Alas !  for  the  drunkard's  wife ;  alas  !  for  her 
father's  family ;  alas  !  for  her  children. 

But  what  shall  we  say  of'the  drunkard  him- 
self? Capable  of  attaining  by  divine  grace  to 
the  Godlike  state  of  holiness,  he  has  been  de- 
based lower  than  the  brute.  Which  of  us  will 
compute  his  loss  ?  A  man  loses  fortune,  posi- 
tion, health,  reputation,  friends ;  but  if  he  still 
possesses  a  noble  self  he  is  rich  in  his  own  in- 
tegrity. But  when  one  loses  his  character, 
when  his  aspirations  are  in  the  line  of  appet'te 
and  passion,  when  the  good  within  is  crucified 
and  the  bad  is  nurtured,  how  shall  we  make  the 
computation  ?  A  ruined  soul !  lost  for  time 
and  for  eternity. 

I  said  one  should  not  sell  strong  drink  be- 
cause it  will  injure  other  families.    And  I  have 


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called  up  as  evidence,  Wrecked  Hopes,  Broken 
Hearts,  and  Lost  Souls.  I  rest  the  plea  here. 
"  1  speak  as  to  wise  men ;  judge  ye  what  I 
say." 

IV.  The  last  reason,  which  I  advance  this 
morning,  why  one  should  not  engage  in  the 
liquor  business  is,  it  will  injure  the  cause  of 
God  and  humanity. 

The  tendency  of  the  use  of  strong  drink  is 
to  promote  sin,  and  to  debase  mankind.  If 
you  want  to  prove  that,  compare  a  drinking 
community  with  a  sober  community,  the  aver- 
age drinking  man  with  the  average  sober  man. 

If  one  makes  a  profession  of  Christianity, 
do  not  persons  of  all  classes  say  that  he  is  a 
hypocrite  if  he  frequents  the  bar-room  ?  Has 
this  no  meaning? 

Go  into  a  saloon ;  and  which  in  your  opinion 
would  be  more  in  harmony  with  the  surround- 
ings, prayers  or  curses  :  to  have  the  bar-tender 
hum,  as  he  dealt  out  the  liquor,  "  All  hail  the 
power  of  Jesus*  name,"  or  a  low,  vulgar  ditty  ? 

Are  those  who  altogether  come  under  the 
influence  of  strong  drink  more  likely  to  aspire 


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!t 


after  holiness  or  sin :  to  "  hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness,"  or  after  the  things  which 
debase  ? 

Can  a  man  sell  drink  to  God's  glory  ?  No 
matter  how  much  he  may  defend  the  business, 
would  he  dare  go  into  his  bar-room,  and,  amid 
the  fumes  of  strong  drink,  kneel  down  with  the 
open  Bible  before  him,  and  pray :  •'  O  Lord, 
may  I  have  a  good  trade  to-day?  Help  me,  I 
beseech  Thee,  O  Thou  who  died  that  man 
might  be  saved  from  sin,  to  sell  plenty  of 
strong  drink.  And  all  the  glory  shall  be  Thine, 
through  time  and  eternity.  For  Jesus'  sake  I 
ask  it.    Amen." 

Oh,  my  dear  friends,  I  feel  it  is  only  neces- 
sary to  present  these  questions  in  order  to 
convince  you  that  the  tendency  of  the  use  of 
strong  drink  from  its  very  nature  is  toward 
evil. 

But  what  is  the  actual  result  of  its  use  ?  It 
has  proved  itself  to  be  one  of  the  most  power- 
ful agencies  which  the  Devil  has  to  destroy 
men.  It  is  the  associate  of  the  brothel  and 
the  gambling-hell.     It  is  eating  at  the  very 


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vitals  of  this  country.  It  is  breeding  laziness, 
disease,  and  crime.  It  is  filling  the  poorhouses, 
prisons,  and  insane  asylums.  At  this  very  mo- 
ment there  are  tens  of  thousands  of  persons 
whose  characters,  directly  or  indirectly,  have 
been  destroyed  by  it ;  and  it  is  tightening  its 
hold  upon  as  many  of  our  young  men  and 
women  to  draw  them  down  ultimately  to 
drunkenness  and  infamy.  The  words  of  Lord 
Brougham,  the  great  English  orator,  which  he 
uttered  on  this  question  over  fifty  years  ago 
(1839),  ai*^  applicable  to-day:  "  To  what  good 
is  it  that  the  legislature  should  pass  laws  to 
punish  crime,  or  that  their  Lordships  should 
occupy  themselves  in  trying  to  improve  the 
morals  of  the  people  by  giving  them  educa- 
tion ?  What  could  be  the  use  of  sowing  a  little 
seed  here  and  plucking  up  a  weed  there,  if 
these  beer-shops  are  to  be  continued  to  sow 
seeds  of  immorality  broadcast  over  the  land, 
germinating  the  most  frightful  produce  that 
has  ever  been  allowed  to  grow  up  in  a  civilized 
country,  and  I  am  ashamed  to  add,  under  the 
fostering  care  of  Government." 


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The  evil  effects  of  strong  drink  upon  man- 
kind are  so  great  that  language  fails  to  express 
it.  And  so  Shakespeare  well  says,  "  Oh,  thou 
in\^isible  spirit  of  wine,  if  thou  hast  no  name  to 
be  known  by,  let  me  call  thee  devil." 

But  some  may  say,  "  You  are  speaking  only 
of  the  abuse  of  it,  are  you  not  ?  We  need  to 
hi  ve  the  sale  and  use  of  strong  drink,  as  a 
beverage,  properly  regulated.  It  should  be 
used,  not  abused."  However  that  may  do  in 
theory,  it  fails  in  practice.  How  are  you  going 
to  regulate  it  ?  Gentlemen  have  cried, "  Regu- 
late, regulate,  regulate";  but  none  of  them 
have  yet  come  forward  with  any  practical 
theory  of  regulation.  You  and  I  know  that 
while  liquor  is  sold  it  will  continue  to  make 
drunkards,  break  hearts,  and  ruin  souls.  There 
is  no  half-way  course.  Strong  drink  must  go 
or  its  blight  will  remain.  If  we  would  save  our 
country  from  the  rum  curse,  we  must  rid  it  of 
rum  itself. 

Now,  do  you  not  think  that  this  fact  alone 
is  reason  enough  why  one  should  not  sell  it  ? 
"  I  speak  as  to  wise  men ;  judge  ye  what  I  say." 


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In  presenting  before  you  this  subject,  I  have 
endeavored,  as  I  announced  at  the  outset,  to 
appeal  to  your  judgment.  That  I  have  failed 
to  do  justice  to  the  question  I  fully  realize. 
But  whether  or  not  I  have  advanced  sufficient 
reason  why  one  should  not  engage  in  the  liquor 
business  is  for  you  to  decide : 

It  will  injure  himself. 

It  will  injure  his  family. 

It  will  injure  other  families. 

It  will  injure  the  cause  of  God  and  humanity. 

And  now,  young  men,  permit  me,  in  parting 
with  you,  to  ask  one  question.  Can  one  be  loyal 
to  his  country  who  sells  strong  drink? 


At  tbe  Place  Which  is 
Called  Calvary. 


By  EDWIN  H.  BURGESS. 

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"  They  are  plain-dealing,  evangelical  sermons,  with  plenty  of  grip  in 
them,  plenty  of  illustration,  and  a  close  application  to  conscience  of 
both  the  law  and  the  Gospel."— JA*  Independent,  Feb.  26,  1891. 

"  Popular  in  style  and  of  a  plain  and  outspoken  character."— .S'^i^/Z/VA 
American,  Feb.  18,  1891. 

"  They  are  original  in  thoueht  and  expression,  and  in  touch  with  the 
experiences  and  the  needs  of  the  Christians  of  to-day.  No  one  can  read 
them  carefully  and  not  be  better,  wiser,  and  stronger  thereby." — The 
(Morning)  fitnes,  March  19,  1891, 

"  These  sermons,  for  the  most  part,  are  rich  and  full  of  Gospel  truth, 
but  the  first  one  contains  references  to  our  Confession  of  Faith  to  which 
objections  might  be  ta\xd"—Fresbyterian  Observer,  Feb.  12,  1891. 

"The  discourses  are  popular  in  style,  evangelical  in  doctrine  and 
spirit,  and  adapted  to  make  a  salutary  spiritual  impression."— T'/ir 
Watchman,  April  30,  1891. 

"The  author  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  the  most  noteworthy  feature  of 
his  work  is  his  treatment  of  the  Confession  of  Faith.  He  quotes  the 
mooted  section  :  '  By  the  decree  of  God,  for  the  manifestation  of  His 
glory,  some  men  and  angels  are  predestinated  unto  eternal  life,  and  others 
foreordained  to  everlasting  death.  These  angels  and  men  thus  predes- 
tinated and  foreordained,  are  particularly  and  unchangeably  designed, 
and  their  number  is  so  certain  and  definite  that  it  cannot  be  either  in- 
creased or  diminished.'  He  then  proceeds  to  refute  this  position  by 
reason  and  Scripture." — The  Churchman,  March  34,  1891. 

"  The  Interior  of  Feb.  26th  says  :  '  The  author,  we  understand,  is  a 
Presbyterian  jpastor  in  the  Synod  of  New  York  ;  and,  in  view  of  that  fact, 
his  sharp  criticisms  on  the  Westminster  Confession,  made  in  the  course 
of  a  Communion  Sermon  [the  first  one  of  this  collection],  are  not  in  the 
best  of  taste.  Such  a  discussion  may  be  tolerated  in  a  meeting  of  Pres- 
bytery, but  not  when  believers  gather  about  the  Lord's  table  to  celebrate 
His  liying  love.'  Will  the  Interior  kindly  show  us  how  it  is  '  not  in|the 
best  of  taste'  for  'a  Presbyterian  pastor'  to  prove  in  a  communion  ser- 
mon that  Christ  died  for  all  men,  and  that  the  Atonem.-itis  not  limited 
in  its  appUcation  ?  Is  a  man  to  pass  by  error  because  :  is  a  Presby- 
terian pastor,  and  that  error  is  in  the  Confession  of  ^.aith?  Error  is 
never  too  venerable,  or  too  exalted,  to  be  overthrown  ;  and  a  Presby- 
terian pastor  is  just  the  man  who  should  overthrow  it."— The  Evan- 
gelist, March  si6, 1891. 

"  The  young  pastor  elect  of  the  Kirk  in  Stellarton,  though  very  chari- 
table toward  those  who  differ  from  him  in  belief,  is  a  thorough  Presby- 
terian. One  therefore  cannot  but  appreciate  the  liberality  of  the  Chris- 
tian  Leader  of  Boston,  a  leading  Universalist  weekly,  when  it  says  : 


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